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What is my upgrade path?

Plutoburn
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Even though this system handled Far Cry 5 like a champ, I was disappointed with its performance with GTA V, I installed the latest bios, firmwares, drivers, XMP, and still couldn't get the result I was looking for so I guess as much can be done from the software end, but looking at my system I am scratching my head and not sure whether I should wait until the next gen to come out and get the 2080 and risk bottlenecked by CPU or take advantage of next gen launch and get 2nd hand 1080ti on the cheap or SLI my gpu?

 

CPU
    Intel Core i5 6600K OC@ 4.2GHz 
RAM
   HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB
Motherboard
    MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (U3E1)   
Monitor
    XB271HU (2560x1440@165Hz)
GPU

    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (EVGA)   
Storage
    238GB PLEXTOR PX-256M5Pro (SSD)
    931GB Western Digital WDC WD1001FALS-00J7B0 (SATA)

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18 minutes ago, Plutoburn said:

Even though this system handled Far Cry 5 like a champ, I was disappointed with its performance with GTA V, I installed the latest bios, firmwares, drivers, XMP, and still couldn't get the result I was looking for so I guess as much can be done from the software end, but looking at my system I am scratching my head and not sure whether I should wait until the next gen to come out and get the 2080 and risk bottlenecked by CPU or take advantage of next gen launch and get 2nd hand 1080ti on the cheap.

 

CPU
    Intel Core i5 6600K OC@ 4.2GHz 
RAM
    2x8 GB 2666MHz 
Motherboard
    MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (U3E1)   
Monitor
    XB271HU (2560x1440@165Hz)
GPU

    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (EVGA)   
Storage
    238GB PLEXTOR PX-256M5Pro (SSD)
    931GB Western Digital WDC WD1001FALS-00J7B0 (SATA)

GTA 5 should run brilliantly on that setup. Your upgrade path isn't too brilliant, you can only upgrade to a 6th gen i7 or any of the 7th gen CPUs. 8th gen intel CPUs run on the same socket but the pinout is different so to upgrade to an 8th gen CPU you'd need a new Z/H/B 1151 board.

There are 10 types of people in this world. Those that understand binary and those that don't.

Current Rig (Dominator II): 8GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3133 C15, AMD Ryzen 3 1200 at 4GHz, Coolermaster MasterLiquid Lite 120, ASRock B450M Pro4, AMD R9 280X, 120GB TCSunBow SSD, 3TB Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN166 HSD, Corsair CX750M Grey Label, Windows 10 Pro, 2x CoolerMaster MasterFan Pro 120, Thermaltake Versa H18 Tempered Glass.

 

Previous Rig (Black Magic): 8GB DDR3 1600, AMD FX6300 OC'd to 4.5GHz, Zalman CNPS5X Performa, Asus M5A78L-M PLUS /USB3, GTX 950 SC (former, it blew my PCIe lane so now on mobo graphics which is Radeon HD 3000 Series), 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3 7200RPM HDD, 3TB Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN166 HDD (secondary), Corsair CX750M, Windows 8.1 Pro, 2x 120mm Red LED fans, Deepcool SMARTER case

 

My secondary rig (The Oldie): 4GB DDR2 800, Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3GHz, Stock Dell Cooler, Foxconn 0RY007, AMD Radeon HD 5450, 250GB Samsung Spinpoint 7200RPM HDD, Antec HCG 400M 400W Semi Modular PSU, Windows 8.1 Pro, 80mm Cooler Master fan, Dell Inspiron 530 Case modded for better cable management. UPDATE: SPECS UPGRADED DUE TO CASEMOD, 8GB DDR2 800, AMD Phenom X4 9650, Zalman CNPS5X Performa, Biostar GF8200C M2+, AMD Radeon HD 7450 GDDR5 edition, Samsung Spinpoint 250GB 7200RPM HDD, Antec HCG 400M 400W Semi Modular PSU, Windows 8.1 Pro, 80mm Cooler Master fan, Dell Inspiron 530 Case modded for better cable management and support for non Dell boards.

 

Retired/Dead Rigs: The OG (retired) (First ever PC I used at 3 years old back in 2005) Current Specs: 2GB DDR2, Pentium M 770 @ 2.13GHz, 60GB IDE laptop HDD, ZorinOS 12 Ultimate x86. Originally 512mb DDR2, Pentium M 740 @ 1.73GHzm 60GB IDE laptop HDD and single boot XP Pro. The Craptop (dead), 2gb DDR3, Celeron n2840 @ 2.1GHz, 50GB eMMC chip, Windows 10 Pro. Nightrider (dead and cannibalized for Dominator II): Ryzen 3 1200, Gigabyte A320M HD2, 8GB DDR4, XFX Ghost Core Radeon HD 7770, 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3 (2010), 3TB Seagate Barracuda, Corsair CX750M Green, Deepcool SMARTER, Windows 10 Home.

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if you're willing to mod the BIOS, you can get Z170 boards to work with coffeelake CPUs. 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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I suppose your graphics card (GTX 980) to be the limiting factor on a 1440p monitor, though I can guarantee you wont go past 120fps avg frame rate in GTA 5 regardless of graphics card because the CPU can only go that far, even with aggressive overclocking without extreme measures.

 

I'd suggest getting a used 1080ti after 2080's launch. There will certainly be rich people selling their old cards for the new ones, though make sure you avoid the unreasonable ones, e.g. prices similar or higher than one that's brand new. The CPU will still limit frame rates, but at least it will be smooth at 1440p. You can even crank the eye candies up.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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